Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BOTTESFORD

BOTTESFORD, a township and a parish in Glanford-Brigg district, Lincoln. The township lies 4 miles E of the river Trent, 3 S of Frodingham r. station, and 7 W of Brigg. Real property, £3,300. Pop., 157. Houses, 33. The parish contains also the townships of Ashby, Burringham, Yaddlethorpe, Holme, and part of East Butterwick; and its Post Town is Ashby under Brigg. Acres,-7,470. Real property, with the rest of East Butterwick, £11,371. Pop., 1,616. Houses, 361. The property is much subdivided. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Messingham, in the diocese of Lincoln. The parish church is good; and there are a recent chapel of ease, two Methodist chapels, and a national school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township and a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Bottesford AP/CP       Glanford Brigg RegD/PLU       Lincolnshire AncC
Place: Bottesford

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